Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov has voiced concerns about instability in the Asia-Pacific region, describing the US policies as the main destabilizing factor in the region. According to Press TV, Antonov said during the 14th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit: the Shangri-La Dialogue in...

BERLIN — Russia has imposed an entry ban on 89 European politicians and military leaders, according to a list seen by Reuters, a move that has angered Europe and worsened its standoff with the West over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict. More than 6,200 people have been killed in fighting be …read more...

KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday appointed fiercely pro-Western former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, who once fought a war with Russia, as governor of the strategic Odessa region. Poroshenko made the announcement at a televised event in the Black Sea port alongside the reformist Saakashvili, calling the ex-Georgian...

Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has been nominated by Ukraine’s cabinet ministers as the governor of the country’s strategic Odessa region. Ukrainian presidential spokesman Syvatoslav Tsegolko announced on Friday that a meeting with Saakashvili was set to take place “today” and that “based on the results of this meeting,...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appointed fiercely pro-Western former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, who once fought a war with Russia, governor of the strategic Odessa region …read more Source: The Daily...

European politicians who discovered they were on a Russian travel blacklist said Saturday they were proud of being included and would continue speaking out against Russia’s policy towards Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Moscow has issued a blacklist of politicians from the European Union, barring them from travelling to the Russian Federation in reaction to the EU sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine, the Netherlands said. …read more Source: Fars News...